Show MURDER TRIAL OF A. A T. T DAY OPENS 4 Companion of Prisoner Gives Version of Affair Before Jury PREMEDITATION APPARENT y- y Mr Mrs Vo Yo Voc Threatens Violence to Murderer Mir Mur 1 derer nfl and Is Kept 1 Under I Police Surveillance Sur 0 T Testimony In the murder trial of A. A c T. T Da Day commenced Tuesday Tues day afternoon on following the tho selection r of three Jurors The Tho special was a exhausted 11 before the tho jury jUlY was cum com The lost Jast name nam In the box was wa as Carl John Julio Oberg and ami he lie wa was the twelfth Juror sworn worn In ant and accepted The Jury which will tr try Day for the murder of Horace Hornce H. H Hos Voss Vos colored whom he shot In his room at nt I 49 I Franklin avenue following a quarrel follows Herman Campbell John II dr Hill Andrew Joynt Peter Anderson 8 David E. E Jone Jones J. J II H. Vincent Royal D. D B. B Richards W. W B. B Armstrong Armstrong Arm AIm strong trong and Carl John Oberg Joseph Weir ell and Mrs MiSs Sarah both hoth colored who were wen eye ee witnesses to tit the shooting t testified In the caseIn case caSl In hi man runny many respects their testimony conflicts con Coil filets on minor details Weirs Weir's story tolY was wa to the effect that he in hf and Day had hat been EU together on ti the Saturday night prior to UI tho shoot shooting lug on Sunday morn morn- Ing lag Weir eh states that they hall had been drinking but lut that thai he Jw was not noi with Day DY he lie struck James old colored knocked him through a a. window Day cursed nr Bd Edwards ls anti and th the residents on oil tho the nl alley w were eie Ie Ilous aroused d dh h by th the disturbance disturbance X Negroes rs on n a Weir nn and Day DY roomed together and Weir Veir states that he hi 11 wa was In his room when D Day y came caine In after arter the light fight The following morning they commenced drinking again Vo Voss oss s met mN them and reprimanded Day for nr striking Ed Ed- EI- EI wards He BC Il told Da Day tay he curs cursed loud Joud enough to be bl heard a block away uway and told toll him him that he would no mo 1 tolerate tol tol- crate erate his actions Day went bock to tn his room and armed himself with wih a agun gun gull but hut Weir did not hot know klow It I until they the had gone gon up town tOW to a saloon aloon lip He show showed d m me InC time the gln gun Weir said aft lt but he lie did Ild not flOt tell tJ me me wh where r he got it I. I I went vent back to Franklin avenue and J met t Vo Voss o just outside tilt the til door I He Ito walked l Into my room and ho he was waR talking about abou the disturbance the tho nl night ht before betor When hen he lie walked In Into Into into In- In to the room 11 Mrs Mis as was In the tw back yard arll She came came Into the room mI where we were ertl talking Yo Voss sat t down oh on the thc trunk and anti commenced to talL talk tal 4 o 40 0 h her c I I think that Day was wrong in 4 striking striking- old man Ed Edwards wald Voss VOR said and his talk and anti cUr curses es awakened everybody o on op the time nIle alley nley I dont don't think f we ve ought to put up with wih hl his actions He ought not noi to talk so se o vile vie where 7 you children and him hu nd-h nd Idren can Cl lear hear 1 Murder In lit Cold Blood Just then Weir continued Da Day stepped imI h the ln the door doO which was parl partly open 1 He lIe shoved his gun close to Vos Voss Voss' head and fired He lie le turned and ran out omit Olt th the door coor He le yelled something 4 back bak that I could not understand and andI I J followed him with wih th the tho mob that pursued him threatening to hang him On Oil O examination cross Weir recited the shooting In detail and told the same sam story It I was brought out In hl his examination h by Attorney Walter Valter W. W Little for th the defense e that Welt Welt- Vel grabbed lie tho gun Jun from Day Weir Veir explained explained ex ex- that ho be 11 got sot the gun In the hallway hallway hall hall- way but hut that Da Day run nW asay ty from him and that hat he lie followed foloWEll him hint up frs MrA rr Yarber tells practically the name amo story but In her excitement she was unable to tell tel Just what occurred following the shooting She did dil not Day Dar until after the shot hot was tired fired see I The door 1001 doO was only partly open anti and she h was unable to see j-eo En down the time hallway n leading from final the the roo room I. I d Weapon t ta a 1 H I Identified I I I I l c. c j. j The gun and cartridges were Identified Ilen- Ilen Iden iden- by W. W A. A Wight of the th- p police court who took char charge e of them whon Je Da Day was captured John D D. 1 II I presented a diagram showIng showIng showIng show- show Ing the ground plan of the building occurred He lie the hooting Il swore that It I was wo correct In scale scle and Showed n all the rooms room doors anti and win win- dows lowa Time The Tie court room was crowded with p colored spectators Mrs Irs Voss oss occupied n a seat seal during part of or tho the ta day near the prosecuting attorneys attorney's table While hil I- I the tho details h of tn tao shooting were vere being related Mrs Is Vo Voss s paced up anti and down the halls hails hals with Police W. W II It Chambers Chambers- Chamber She had been heen placed In 10 Inthe the charge chargo because c site she he has ha threatened to kill 11 Day and amI assaulted hIm during hl his preliminary hearing Mrs 1 VO J l Is a half blooded Cherokee It Indian dlan and half hiI negro |